Bowing to the demands of the United States Olympic Committee, U.S.A. Gymnastics confirmed Friday night that all the remaining members of its board of directors would resign — the latest fallout from a widespread sexual abuse scandal involving the federation’s longtime national team doctor, Lawrence G. Nassar.

The announcement came one day after the head of the Olympic committee threatened in an email to decertify U.S.A. Gymnastics — the sport’s national governing body — if its entire board of more than 20 people did not resign by next Wednesday. Several board members, including the chairman, Paul Parilla, had already resigned by the time the email was sent.

The email, signed by the head of the Olympic committee, Scott Blackmun, made a total of six demands, which included seating an interim board by the end of February.

Late Thursday, U.S.A. Gymnastics responded to the email saying it “completely embraces the requirements” outlined in the letter and pledged to “work with the U.S.O.C. to accomplish change for the betterment of our organization, our athletes and our clubs.”

Then, on Friday night, U.S.A. Gymnastics released a one-sentence statement that clearly stated that “U.S.A. Gymnastics will comply with the U.S.O.C. requirements.” It did not explicitly address the board resignation, though that was among the requirements.

U.S.A. Gymnastics, which sets the sport’s rules and policies and selects the teams for the Olympics, has been widely derided for its handling of the sexual abuse scandal involving Dr. Nassar; many gymnasts were sharply critical of the governing body last week and this week at Dr. Nassar’s sentencing in court in Ingham County, Mich. (Dr. Nassar was sentenced on Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison for multiple sex crimes.)

The Olympic committee has also come under fire for its inability to hold the gymnastics federation accountable for its failures. In his email on Thursday, Mr. Blackmun wrote that U.S.A. Gymnastics needed “a categorically fresh start at the board level,” adding that “reform must start with an entirely new board.”

“Our position comes from a clear sense that U.S.A.G. culture needs fundamental rebuilding,” he wrote in the email, adding later “that the circumstances that led to this crisis demand our attention and intervention.”

In March of last year, Steve Penny resigned as president of U.S.A. Gymnastics, as the governing body began to grapple with the sexual assault scandal that would embroil it in the coming months.

The scandal has also consumed Michigan State University, which employed Dr. Nassar for decades. The university’s president resigned late Wednesday amid mounting state and federal investigations into how much the college knew of Dr. Nassar’s behavior and when.

The university’s athletic director also announced his resignation on Friday.

Juliet Macur contributed reporting.

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